[Misterping]

http://static.flickr.com/116/265298954_8bc6a2bd56_b.jpg
There are a few people I would like to see get on that plane.

[malek]

^^ but it was landing ;)
hehehe

[Taller Better]

The girl looks like a stripper.

its the old grain Silo #5.

I say we should strap a few hundred kilos of C-4 to this thing and blow it up baby! KA-BOOM!!!!

I'm totally with you on this. You can't make a silk purse from a turd... blow the sucker up and start from fresh. It is an eyesore.

second biggest dome in the world after st-pierre basilica in the vatican.


And it is the tallest church in Canada. The second tallest is the Anglican cathedral in Toronto.

[circle33]

More Saskatoon, this from the Fringe 2005:

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k195/circle33/02-1.jpg

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k195/circle33/03-2.jpg

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k195/circle33/04-1.jpg

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k195/circle33/05-1.jpg

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k195/circle33/06.jpg

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k195/circle33/07.jpg

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k195/circle33/08.jpg

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k195/circle33/09.jpg

[Taller Better]

^^^I wish I had been there to eat at that Bannock Bistro place. I ate a lot of native food growing up in Manitoba, and LOVE bannock, if it is made properly(if it is made properly, it will not freeze outside in the cold). Also pemican is yummy, too! Once when I was young, a neighbour unearthed an old leather pouch of pemican that natives had buried, probably hundreds of years ago. I used to find the odd stone that had been used as the head of a tool.

[Misterping]

^^ but it was landing ;)
hehehe
The plane will eventually depart.:yes:

[habsfan]

I'm totally with you on this. You can't make a silk purse from a turd... blow the sucker up and start from fresh.

Unfortunately with all teh old buildings we have in town, it comes with a price.

The about of NIMBY's and activist groups, and heritage groups would probably all gather in front of the building singing "kumbaya" while holding hands.

Believe it or not, there are quite a few people who want to preserve this pile of dog poop!

It is an eyesore

Ding ding ding!!! We have a winner.

Agree with you on that! Its really OOOgly!

[habsfan]

There are a few people I would like to see get on that plane.

Shoo fly, don't bother us!

[harls]

took these this morning..

http://static.flickr.com/112/292307662_14781af6fb_b.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/111/292318761_99b9870877_o.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/106/292351741_dabdc71107_b.jpg

still pretty mild out for november.. just waiting for the other shoe to drop any time now..

[Taller Better]

Great pix, Harls! Beautiful...

[WHISTLERINMUSKOKA]

I posted most of these in b/w in the Ontario section already but here you go.

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i165/whistlerinToronto/MET01.jpg


http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i165/whistlerinToronto/billBoard01.jpg


http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i165/whistlerinToronto/cars01.jpg


http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i165/whistlerinToronto/church01.jpg


http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i165/whistlerinToronto/crowd01.jpg


http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i165/whistlerinToronto/door01.jpg


http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i165/whistlerinToronto/Dundas201.jpg


http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i165/whistlerinToronto/esplanade01.jpg


http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i165/whistlerinToronto/ground01.jpg


http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i165/whistlerinToronto/mint01.jpg


http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i165/whistlerinToronto/parkin01.jpg


http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i165/whistlerinToronto/tree01.jpg


http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i165/whistlerinToronto/tunnel01.jpg


http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i165/whistlerinToronto/wall01.jpg


http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i165/whistlerinToronto/windowWall01.jpg


http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i165/whistlerinToronto/tomJones01-1.jpg


http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i165/whistlerinToronto/stairs01-1.jpg


http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i165/whistlerinToronto/escape01.jpg


http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i165/whistlerinToronto/rubble01.jpg


http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i165/whistlerinToronto/gate01.jpg


http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i165/whistlerinToronto/lakeshore01.jpg


http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i165/whistlerinToronto/feet01.jpg


http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i165/whistlerinToronto/spire.jpg


http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i165/whistlerinToronto/tracks01.jpg


http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i165/whistlerinToronto/honey01.jpg


http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i165/whistlerinToronto/CCN01.jpg

[malek]

i like those!

good share!

[WHISTLERINMUSKOKA]

Thanks Melek :)

[1ajs]

http://img486.imageshack.us/img486/2640/fogyub0.jpg
http://img467.imageshack.us/img467/3006/skyzj7.jpg
http://img392.imageshack.us/img392/7421/sky2vd3.jpg

[harls]

^ nice stuff man - same kind of day here as well!

[shappy]

http://static.flickr.com/106/292351741_dabdc71107_b.jpg

beautiful... now that's a skyline! Toronto had crazy fog today as well.

[1ajs]

^ nice stuff man - same kind of day here as well!

it was beutifull out today
i must of walked a couple miles today taking photos after my job interview at portage and main witch was intresting hope i get the job. sweet views up in the Richardson building :yes: :slob: witch i will be sure to take some shots from up there if i get the job :)

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nice shot of Otowa

[malek]

http://k43.pbase.com/o4/66/524666/1/63574095.QJNemDsi.DSC_5101pb.jpg

http://ct.pbase.com/o5/66/524666/1/69881942.J6jnDfX5.IMG_1183pb23.jpg
http://k53.pbase.com/o5/66/524666/1/69445950.1iRUnvRa.DSC_1921a1pb.jpg
http://k43.pbase.com/o5/66/524666/1/67226042.Jo46GNKb.CIMG2487pb.jpg
http://k47.pbase.com/o4/66/524666/1/66768779.2mZ2lV2K.DSC_9321pb.jpg

http://k43.pbase.com/o4/66/524666/1/61327665.DSC_1231pb.jpg
i work here:
http://k41.pbase.com/o4/66/524666/1/61153216.DSC_1077pb2.jpg

http://mk23.image.pbase.com/o4/66/524666/1/61765997.rztmEP7r.CIMG0377pb.jpg
http://k47.pbase.com/o4/66/524666/1/60033879.DSC_9276pb.jpg
http://k53.pbase.com/o4/66/524666/1/61001774.DSC_0918pb.jpg
http://k43.pbase.com/o4/66/524666/1/59419132.DSC_8565apb.jpg
http://k43.pbase.com/o4/66/524666/1/55862865.epVy6EkD.DSC_2432t1.jpg
http://k43.pbase.com/o4/66/524666/1/56163692.P1190225.jpg
http://mk23.image.pbase.com/o4/66/524666/1/56410257.DSC_3192pb.jpg

this guy has some amazing shots: http://www.pbase.com/benoitdurocher/photo_a_day

[1ajs]

http://k43.pbase.com/o4/66/524666/1/63574095.QJNemDsi.DSC_5101pb.jpg

weres that?

[malek]

Montréal, on the st-laurence river near old Montreal. The bridge is Jacques Cartier bridge.

[Stanzmastertron3000]

---
nice shot of Otowa

try again

[1ajs]

try again
huh?

[Taller Better]

I think he means in spelling Ottawa.

[Straight_Six]

Couple shots I took awhile ago

http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/4618/picture018ol7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img482.imageshack.us/img482/4394/picture001hx9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/8807/dsc00179zq8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Nouvellecosse]

http://static.flickr.com/116/265298954_8bc6a2bd56_b.jpg
Woa! I didn't realise how close the airport is to town! I have a map and everything, but the picture seems to give a deeper understanding...

[Taller Better]

^^ I think it is more a case of that church being waaaaaaaaaaaay out of town. I don't think Dorval is particularily close to the city.

[habsfan]

L'Oratoire St-Joseph is on the North-western flank of Mont-Royal, and Downtown is on the opposite side of the Mountain.

I'd say that the easternmost runway at Dorval Airport is about 8-9KM's away from Mont-Royal, and about 11-12 KM's from Downtown(if we calculate it in a straight line) but we all know that if you take highways it is about a 20KM drive from downtown to the Airport!

[Martin Mtl]

Elsonic posted this one in the Quebec forum... isn't great?

http://static.flickr.com/64/277882089_e8c048f42c_b.jpg

[Stanzmastertron3000]

God damn.

[stamps]

Very nice !!

[Taller Better]

AMAZING pic!!

[trueviking]

yabba dabba!

[1ajs]

http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/2843/bridge2ur8.jpg
http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/4641/fognb4.jpg

[raggedy13]

Here are a few random pics of mine from around downtown Vancouver taken over the last year or so...

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g296/raggedy13/Spring%20Downtown/100_4942-1.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g296/raggedy13/Spring%20Downtown/100_4960.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g296/raggedy13/Spring%20Downtown/100_4983.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g296/raggedy13/Spring%20Downtown/100_5092.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g296/raggedy13/Spring%20Downtown/100_5125.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g296/raggedy13/Spring%20Downtown/100_5132.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g296/raggedy13/Spring%20Downtown/100_5100.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g296/raggedy13/Van%20May/100_5600.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g296/raggedy13/Van%20May/100_5624.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g296/raggedy13/Van%20May/100_5629.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g296/raggedy13/Van%20May/100_5701.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g296/raggedy13/Van%20May/100_5708.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g296/raggedy13/Van%20May/100_5779.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g296/raggedy13/Van%20May/100_5711-1.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g296/raggedy13/Van%20May/100_5764-1.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g296/raggedy13/Downtown%20Summer%20Beaches/100_6077.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g296/raggedy13/Downtown%20Summer%20Beaches/100_6249.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g296/raggedy13/Downtown%20Summer%20Beaches/100_6336.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g296/raggedy13/Downtown%20Summer%20Beaches/100_6342.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g296/raggedy13/Downtown%20Summer%20Beaches/100_6388.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g296/raggedy13/Downtown%20Summer%20Beaches/100_6402.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g296/raggedy13/Downtown%20Summer%20Beaches/100_6476.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g296/raggedy13/Downtown%20Summer%20Beaches/100_6508.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g296/raggedy13/Misc/100_5150.jpg

[Martin Mtl]

http://static.flickr.com/22/26582865_f59cdee601_o.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/88/266578019_7b0ddd56cf_b.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/70/203783555_cb68cd5ca1_b.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/74/203783322_ffa247c56f_b_d.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/111/266577866_67eb2312fb_b.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/85/266579561_43d9473371_b_d.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/120/266579748_5772caa360_b.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/83/266579269_391e558c87_b.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/83/266578655_ee013773aa_b.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/122/266578814_e69c87831e_b.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/115/266578935_0a50232eaa_b.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/110/266579046_88d2e33a2d_b.jpg

[Mike K.]

Here are a few shots of Victoria

The first was taken by "zoomer" on VibrantVictoria.ca. It shows the Inner Harbour as from a floatplane as it prepares to land. It will touch down roughly where the two yellow cranes are along the harbour. The big stretch of land in the middle of the photo is the www.docksidegreen.ca development, and above that (with the roundabout structure on the hill) is the www.bayviewvictoria.ca development.

http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/6495/plane08resizebf9.jpg


This photo was also taken by zoomer, again on a float plane this time headed for Vancouver.
http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/8251/plane3uu4.jpg


By "tnano" from VibrantVictoria.ca, showing a portion of downtown's "Old Town" district
http://static.flickr.com/111/276905209_a3c9fb4aa6_b.jpg

Again, by "tnano," this time showing downtown's Humboldt Valley.
http://static.flickr.com/80/276904546_fb721ce141_b.jpg


An interesting night shot by tnano, along the Douglas Street corridor
http://static.flickr.com/40/110755738_4aab633f01.jpg


A growing condo district of downtown
http://members.shaw.ca/vibrantvictoria4/skylines/skyline_harrisgreen_10_2005.jpg


http://members.shaw.ca/vibrantvictoria4/city_photos/city_photos_rockbay_ops_01_2005.jpg


http://members.shaw.ca/vibrantvictoria4/city_photos/city_photos_roofs_of_old_town_10_2005.jpg

[Presswood]

We dont see QC city very often so ill post this old one i posted a few week ago (perhaps months) in the quebec section :
http://static.flickr.com/92/232454366_9ef52b2391_b.jpg

The famous Bonhomme Carnaval
http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/Exhibitions/Festiva1/images/photos/mcq29-400.jpg
Why not.

[Taller Better]

I love Bonhomme! He always makes me smile!

@ Mr Black, I was interested in the pix of Old Town in Victoria... do you
have any history or pics of the oldest bldgs there?

[RWin]

A couple of Calgary from today:

http://members.shaw.ca/rwinhold/ssp/IMG_4199.jpg

http://members.shaw.ca/rwinhold/ssp/IMG_4210.jpg

[Maldive]

Snow? Is that a joke or is it really from today? My cousin in Edmonton says it's minus 18 with the wind chill there, but Calgary is tropical by comparison, no?

[malek]

shiiiit snow, and they tell me Calgary is more comfortable than monty :p

[RWin]

Snow? Is that a joke or is it really from today? My cousin in Edmonton says it's minus 18 with the wind chill there, but Calgary is tropical by comparison, no?

Its today alright. We've had snow for about a week now. It was around 0 today.

[Jay in Cowtown]

Its today alright. We've had snow for about a week now. It was around 0 today.

There is no real seasons in Calgary... it can snow or be +25 degrees any month of the year... I've even seen it be +25 degrees and then snow in the same day!

[Calgarian]

yeah we have probably the wierdest weather here.

[Taller Better]

There is no real seasons in Calgary... it can snow or be +25 degrees any month of the year... I've even seen it be +25 degrees and then snow in the same day!


Holy crapcan ... I do not like the sounds of snow and -18c. It takes about a week for the cold air to hit us so we can look forward to frosty weather. Correct me if I am wrong, but it was my impression when I was in Calgary many eons ago, that there are not a lot of trees, and the ones that are there are small. I was told it was because of the dramatic shifts in temperature that they simply can't grow very well. Is that true? I remember the countryside around Calgary being kind of tree-less except for tall shrubs and maybe some poplars.
I talked to my sis in Vancouver today and definitely rainy season has begun. Has been raining 1.5 weeks.

[RWin]

There are plenty of trees here. The further out you get, the less there are. Or at least the smaller they are. Further out means younger. Leave the city and there really isn't much to speak of. Mostly grass. But then look where Calgary is built. All the trees here were planted.

[Jay in Cowtown]

There are plenty of trees here. The further out you get, the less there are. Or at least the smaller they are. Further out means younger. Leave the city and there really isn't much to speak of. Mostly grass. But then look where Calgary is built. All the trees here were planted.

Depends where you are in the city... just outside of the southwest, it's forest all the way to the mountains 20 minutes away.

Calgary is pretty tree poor though... I'll never understand why on the south side of the Bow River, dense in trees, they built houses through alot of it... and they leave that hideous eyesore nosehill area empty and call it a park... it should be all houses, and nothing should have been built along the river valley to the south!

[Taller Better]

There are plenty of trees here. The further out you get, the less there are. Or at least the smaller they are. Further out means younger. Leave the city and there really isn't much to speak of. Mostly grass. But then look where Calgary is built. All the trees here were planted.

I guess that is my question... were there no trees originally because of the swing of the temps? I do remember trees inside the city, but they were not big trees like Edmonton.
But Jay says there are trees in other areas, so that can't be the reason.

[Jay in Cowtown]

I guess that is my question... were there no trees originally because of the swing of the temps? I do remember trees inside the city, but they were not big trees like Edmonton.
But Jay says there are trees in other areas, so that can't be the reason.



The true tree line stretches out of the rockies through the foothills and depending where you are at, ends about 5 kms outside of the foothills... being how close the foothills are to southwest Calgary, the forest is just on the outside of that part of Calgary. The only other heavily forested area of Cowtown is the river valley to the south. Everything else is either planted or small poplar trees.

and yes... the chinooks do kill alot of young trees with freezing to warm weather all winter.

I've argued with many people about living in a new area of town opposed to an older one with mature trees... I live in the house (which in most cases new ones are way nicer than older ones), not the fucking trees outside of it!!!

[Jay in Cowtown]

Elsonic posted this one in the Quebec forum... isn't great?

http://static.flickr.com/64/277882089_e8c048f42c_b.jpg




Is that Molson Stadium at the top right-hand side of that photo?

[Wooster]

shiiiit snow, and they tell me Calgary is more comfortable than monty :p

Living in Kingston right now for school I can tell you that winters here are inhumane. -5 in Kingston feels worse than -20 in Calgary. The damp, windy, disgusting, grey winters that are constant for 5 months are really gross. In Calgary, it is sunny and dry. The temperature can plunge very cold, below -20 but it is usually sunny, and there is always a chinook right around the corner to give you that nice 10-15 degree repreave for stretches at a time. Last christmas when I came home for break I didn't wear a jacket for 3 weeks. Christmas day was 15, a few days later it was 19.

Don't even get me started on the summers.

[Wooster]

I'll include a few. All of these have been seen on SSP at one time or another. Time to bring out the camera more often.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v311/joshwhit/July%202005/IMG_0123.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v311/joshwhit/July%202005/IMG_0130.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v311/joshwhit/July%202005/IMG_0101.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v311/joshwhit/July%202005/IMG_0087.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v311/joshwhit/July%202005/IMG_0074.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v311/joshwhit/Mission/IMG_0020.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v311/joshwhit/Mission/IMG_0179.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v311/joshwhit/calgaryshot.bmp

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v311/joshwhit/Autumn3.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v311/joshwhit/picture96.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v311/joshwhit/picture79.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v311/joshwhit/picture69.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v311/joshwhit/picture52.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v311/joshwhit/picture36.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v311/joshwhit/picture3.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v311/joshwhit/pciture97.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v311/joshwhit/image1-75.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v311/joshwhit/image1-62.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v311/joshwhit/image1-39.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v311/joshwhit/image1-33.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v311/joshwhit/image1-29.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v311/joshwhit/image1-21.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v311/joshwhit/15ec63db.jpg

[trueviking]

how's the bay doing in downtown calgary?...is it successful?

[Taller Better]

Living in Kingston right now for school I can tell you that winters here are inhumane. -5 in Kingston feels worse than -20 in Calgary. The damp, windy, disgusting, grey winters that are constant for 5 months are really gross. In Calgary, it is sunny and dry. The temperature can plunge very cold, below -20 but it is usually sunny, and there is always a chinook right around the corner to give you that nice 10-15 degree repreave for stretches at a time. Last christmas when I came home for break I didn't wear a jacket for 3 weeks. Christmas day was 15, a few days later it was 19.

Don't even get me started on the summers.


Uhmmmmm.... I think you will find temperatures in Calgary fall below -20c. In fact, temperatures in Calgary fall below −30°C (-22°F) on about five days per year average.
"But its a dry cold"! ;)

[Wooster]

Uhmmmmm.... I think you will find temperatures in Calgary fall below -20c.

yeah, that's what I said.

[Wooster]

how's the bay doing in downtown calgary?...is it successful?

Not sure exactly how well it might compare to the suburban department stores, but it usually is quite busy and seems to be doing ok. It certainly is one of the best buildings in all of Calgary.

[Mike K.]

@ Mr Black, I was interested in the pix of Old Town in Victoria... do you
have any history or pics of the oldest bldgs there?

There is quite a bit of info on VibrantVictoria.ca's forum on heritage buildings. You'll need to register to access the Heritage section of the forum, but registration takes as long as it takes you to validate your email.

Anyhow, go to www.vibrantvictoria.ca/forum and check out the "heritage" forum for more info on Victoria's older buildings (but you'll need to register to gain access).

[Taller Better]

yeah, that's what I said.

LOL! I know. I've just never been too much of a believer in the Dry Cold
theory. -30c and -40c are "inhumanely cold"! At those temps, it is always dry.
If I were to choose between -5c in the East and -20c in the West, I can tell you which I found colder.....

There is quite a bit of info on VibrantVictoria.ca's forum on heritage buildings. You'll need to register to access the Heritage section of the forum, but registration takes as long as it takes you to validate your email.

Anyhow, go to www.vibrantvictoria.ca/forum and check out the "heritage" forum for more info on Victoria's older buildings (but you'll need to register to gain access).

Thanks, Mr. Black! I am interested in the heritage buildings in our country.

[LeftCoaster]

Well yea there is a truth to your statement, in that once air gets too cold it loses its carrying capacity of water, and is incapable of delivering a "wet cold". -20 is -20 everywhere... theres no such thing as a wet -20.

Vancouver winters in the other hand... now theres a wet cold!

[Taller Better]

Well yea there is a truth to your statement, in that once air gets too cold it loses its carrying capacity of water, and is incapable of delivering a "wet cold". -20 is -20 everywhere... theres no such thing as a wet -20.

Vancouver winters in the other hand... now theres a wet cold!

You get used to the humidity, though. I was joshin' Josh, but it is more humid here than Winnipeg, but I don't know about Calgary. I imagine it gets humid during Chinooks. We can get to -20c here, but not often. If it does get that low it is only for a day or two. And it is EXTREMELY dry when it gets that cold here. I think once I remember a winter when it was super cold all across Canada, and it got to something like -24c here. I went to Vancouver for a visit that winter and it actually reached -15c there for a short period. That winter was hell!:hell:

[vanman]

Excellent photos of Calgary Joshwhite.I would say those are some of the best i've seen to date

[Taller Better]

Most trees now completely bare, or getting there.. hard to find nice Autumn colours still, but a few hardy trees are clinging to their leaves. Pics from this morning walking the dogs in my 'hood :

http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/7521/nov1506dundonaldstdx3.jpg

http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/7403/nov1506dogwalkaj7.jpg

http://img476.imageshack.us/img476/1677/nov1506streetscenemf6.jpg

http://img108.imageshack.us/img108/2097/nov15alexandertotheeastfq9.jpg

Most roses are on their last leg, or not even bothering to go into bloom still:

http://img476.imageshack.us/img476/8479/nov1506alexanderstviza5.jpg

Some trees remain remarkably pretty:

http://img476.imageshack.us/img476/4800/nov1506alexanderstivzi2.jpg

http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/9859/nov1506alexanderstiwq3.jpg

http://img278.imageshack.us/img278/5012/nov1506alexanderstiihs4.jpg

and the very rare foolhardy one refuses to get ready for Old Man Winter:

http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/5806/nov1506alexanderstiiipr0.jpg

[boden]

Living in Kingston right now for school I can tell you that winters here are inhumane. -5 in Kingston feels worse than -20 in Calgary. The damp, windy, disgusting, grey winters that are constant for 5 months are really gross. In Calgary, it is sunny and dry. The temperature can plunge very cold, below -20 but it is usually sunny, and there is always a chinook right around the corner to give you that nice 10-15 degree repreave for stretches at a time. Last christmas when I came home for break I didn't wear a jacket for 3 weeks. Christmas day was 15, a few days later it was 19.

Don't even get me started on the summers.

What is really interesting is how different the weather in Belleville is from Kingston's...... especially in winter. Although only a 40 minute drive on the 401Kingston is in a completely different weather zone, one that is much cloudier and more humid. Feeling some of those mid-winter blahs....come to Belleville and enjoy the sun!:cool:

[ErickMontreal]

Saint John - New Brunswick

http://static.flickr.com/116/267396344_754bac6c17_o.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/85/266873644_b037957a79_b.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/114/266873500_c8a941a1ca_b.jpg

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http://static.flickr.com/115/283170483_5c9d97346f_o.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/87/274633720_d9a849061d_o.jpg

[boden]

Hey josh white, those pics of Calgary are some of the best I've seen!:cheers:

[dubiousmike]

You get used to the humidity, though. I was joshin' Josh, but it is more humid here than Winnipeg, but I don't know about Calgary. I imagine it gets humid during Chinooks.

Oddly enough, it's the opposite. Chinooks dry everything out. Here's a picture from a chinook we had last week:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinook_winds

http://img480.imageshack.us/img480/2030/tomcamp2cg9.jpg

And here's two more of Calgary for good measure:
http://img68.imageshack.us/img68/4628/2sttt8.jpg
http://img480.imageshack.us/img480/4158/eauclaireke3.jpg

And here's a few I had of Victoria that were kicking around and haven't been posted yet:

http://img484.imageshack.us/img484/246/jamesbayqw1.jpg
http://img484.imageshack.us/img484/9356/broadstreetby1.jpg
http://img484.imageshack.us/img484/1639/songheespv3.jpg

[Stanzmastertron3000]

Saint John - New Brunswick

http://static.flickr.com/115/283170483_5c9d97346f_o.jpg



Gorgeous

[Canasian]

Nice pics of Saint John. That city has a surprisingly dense core, I liked it when I visited it in 04.

[1ajs]

http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/8761/set4fz6.jpg
http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/1350/portagekr7.jpg

[Taller Better]

^^ I'm luvin' those Peg Pix! Brilliant shots!

[Wooster]

Hey josh white, those pics of Calgary are some of the best I've seen!:cheers:

Excellent photos of Calgary Joshwhite.I would say those are some of the best i've seen to date

thanks! they're all mine except one (the one from west of downtown showing the greenery - smaller than the other photos) sadly, most of them are well over 2 years old now. Haven't done a big photo thread in a while.

on the topics of chinooks. they are a godsend. hard to describe how great they are until you've experienced a whole winter in Calgary.

[LeftCoaster]

I can only imagine how nice it would be to get a blast of warm air every once in a while here in Kingston during the winter... but nooo it has to hover around -20 all damn winter

[habsfan]

Is that Molson Stadium at the top right-hand side of that photo?

yup! that's Percival Molson Stadium!

[habsfan]

One of the better pictures of Downtown. You can all thank Serge for this one.

I love all that density west of the financial core, up to Westmount!

http://static.flickr.com/122/302478157_015d8bb5cf_o.jpg

[bluenoser]

^^ Yes! I love Winnipeg around Christmas. I'll be there Dec. 15th for a week...

Nice pics everyone. Beautiful Montreal shot above.

[1ajs]

http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/5766/nigcitykr3.jpg

our ultra cool new bus's eh?
http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/7581/busvc7.jpg

reflection on the cury building another gem of portage ave
http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/1343/curyns9.jpg

aww thee paris building :cool:
http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/3729/pariskp5.jpg

wall in the underground mall... going under portage and main
http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/8017/wallpq3.jpg

[shappy]

nice pics.


http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/7581/busvc7.jpg

Winnipeg has dial-a-bus? Or is that for something else?

[1ajs]

nice pics.


http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/7581/busvc7.jpg

Winnipeg has dial-a-bus? Or is that for something else?

we do have somting like a dial the bus in the south end of the city

but thats just to check the bus times at your bus stop. you can either talk to a human or a computer your choice. give the stop number and it gives you the next bus's for that stop or you can go to winnipegtransit.ca and check the times there also

[Taller Better]

Stayed at 8c and sunny today, and was very pleasant. Most leaves all gone now, but still a few pretty trees about:

http://img58.imageshack.us/img58/566/nov2406viinq8.jpg

http://img329.imageshack.us/img329/7342/nov2406vioh5.jpg

http://img329.imageshack.us/img329/2131/nov2406vba1.jpg

http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/1277/nov2406iiiww7.jpg

http://img159.imageshack.us/img159/9855/nov2406ij1.jpg

Pictures from this past Sunday:

http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/1747/nov1906uoftik4.jpg

http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/2396/nov1906philosopherswalkvf0.jpg

http://img385.imageshack.us/img385/5140/nov1606philosopherswalkod9.jpg

[kool maudit]

http://static.flickr.com/115/283170483_5c9d97346f_o.jpg




wow. that could be montreal.

[Taller Better]

Pictures taken today in Toronto:

http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/1932/nov2506sceneidw4.jpg

http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/9699/nov2506sceneiizd3.jpg

[harls]

Yesterday -

http://static.flickr.com/111/305830639_3fa4a55387_o.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/116/305815580_15ff338087_b.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/120/305831173_2bd8d6f8ee_o.jpg

[Taller Better]

Nice pix, harls!

[Taller Better]

Saturday marked the beginning of the annual Cavalcade of Lights in Toronto. The lighting display at City Hall's Nathan Philips Square has been a Christmas tradition for the past 40 years. Here are some pix I took of the lights last night. City Hall was unfortunately not lit up blue, but the Old City Hall display was interesting:

http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/5449/nov2606cavalcadeoflightie4.jpg

The Projection show on Old City Hall is called "Immersion", and is by an artist from France, Xavier de Richemont. The inspiration for it is Canada's natural abundance of water. The colours were usually like this, in between shows:

http://img300.imageshack.us/img300/7048/nov2606cavalcadeoflightxc6.jpg

http://img326.imageshack.us/img326/1336/nov2606cavalcadeoflightza8.jpg

http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/4084/nov2606cavalcadeoflightva1.jpg

and the 50 foot tree, lit up by 10,000 blue and white LED lights, and 100 strobes:

http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/4996/nov2606cavalcadeoflightqu2.jpg

Naturally, it is not possible to capture the projection show without a video camera, but here are a few different shots taken during the show. First the city hall is covered with ice:

http://img450.imageshack.us/img450/3199/nov2606cavalcadeoflightpc8.jpg

The ice starts to show cracks:

http://img450.imageshack.us/img450/4654/nov2606cavalcadeoflightdp3.jpg

as they melt, great chunks of ice start to fall off:

http://img450.imageshack.us/img450/5263/nov2606cavalcadeoflightgx8.jpg

Completely melted, the water swirls over the building:

http://img450.imageshack.us/img450/8316/nov2606cavalcadeoflightnw1.jpg

and voila! The end:

http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/7507/nov2606cavalcadeoflightwr3.jpg

and finally a couple of pictures taken the night before, from behind City Hall:

http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/8121/nov2506cavalcadeoflightpj6.jpg

http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/2931/nov2506cavalcadeoflightmp7.jpg

If anyone is interested in the projection show, Jaye found this youtube link:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=0DkGJJCPCk8

[caltrane74]

I saw the lights on city hall. It was cool.

[Taller Better]

Pix from today. First pic is Robert Stern's One St Thomas condo:

http://img131.imageshack.us/img131/8353/nov2706viewfromelevn211mx5.jpg

and secondly a view east along Charles Street.

http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/4192/nov2706viewfromelevn21csu0.jpg

[caltrane74]

Toronto looks like and Old Fashioned City in that pic. Cool.

[SpongeG]

snow in burnaby

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v62/spongeg/DSC01469.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v62/spongeg/DSC01468.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v62/spongeg/DSC01467.jpg

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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v62/spongeg/DSC01452.jpg

[Lyle]

snow in burnaby

so bizarre this fall's canuck weather. a (colour) shot from my friend in new westminster:

http://static.flickr.com/100/308709791_bb6398421a_o.jpg

[shappy]

^beautiful photo.

[1ajs]

^beautiful photo.
agrees its beutifull one of thoughs right place at the right time shots :)

[habsfan]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v62/spongeg/DSC01467.jpg

Wow, gas is more expensive in Vancouver then Montreal!?

Boy am i glad not to be out west right now!

People are complaining here cause it's 2 degrees outside!

[1ajs]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v62/spongeg/DSC01467.jpg

Wow, gas is more expensive in Vancouver then Montreal!?

Boy am i glad not to be out west right now!

People are complaining here cause it's 2 degrees outside!
thats vancouver???

[SpongeG]

its the brentwood mall area in burnaby - in the distance is east van - most of those towers are 2 years old or less

and that gas is pretty normal - lol - its uaually anywere from 96.5 - 105.5

it changes all the time

todays high in vancouver will be -6 with winchill it will be -19 or something crazy

so many people did not show up at work yestareday - about 6 people in our department alone

[1ajs]

^ lol wimps

http://img453.imageshack.us/img453/5537/snowso9.jpg
http://img453.imageshack.us/img453/79/portageau4.jpg
http://img452.imageshack.us/img452/2697/portage2bu9.jpg
looking down main street
http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/8533/mainua4.jpg

[Stanzmastertron3000]

Saint John pic posted by HalifaxMtl666

http://static.flickr.com/117/304952489_4a99c0a341_b.jpg

:slob:

[habsfan]

todays high in vancouver will be -6 with winchill it will be -19 or something crazy

so many people did not show up at work yestareday - about 6 people in our department alone

Are you serious? What a bunch of wussies. just because the weather get a little on the chilly side, they don't go to work...i can't believe it!

Well, at least we get to enjoy balmy weather. +14 today over here.

[1ajs]

Are you serious? What a bunch of wussies. just because the weather get a little on the chilly side, they don't go to work...i can't believe it!

Well, at least we get to enjoy balmy weather. +14 today over here.

sits back and bigs to laughs real hard was talking to my grandma shes got pics of the snow up to the second story of the eatons building in vancouver she does not know how to use a scaner i would do it but shes in calgary :S

[SpongeG]

Are you serious? What a bunch of wussies. just because the weather get a little on the chilly side, they don't go to work...i can't believe it!

Well, at least we get to enjoy balmy weather. +14 today over here.

its the roads that are a problem. they only clear the main roads. the side roads are not cleared and they are pretty bad. Crossing them today i almost fell a couple times as they are just ice.

there is a street a block from where i work - it is one of many - dozens - of streets that are shut down to traffic because they are not safe to travel on.

the one a block away is a steep hill that they cannot get equipment on to clear or even salt. so its just a sheet of ice basically all the way down.

as someone who never grew up here i used to laugh at the pics on the news but when you live down here it is quite different - the city is just not built to deal with cold or snow well at all

right now its snowing pretty heavy and people are asking to leave early - it will probably take them a good 2 or 3 hours to get home. traffic looks bad.

[someone123]

Public Gardens on Monday, closed for the season:
http://www.pbase.com/halifaxphoto/image/70976730/large.jpg

My camera's auto flash went off, and that was taken at something like 3:30 in the afternoon.